You will be better off to ask Bear these questions. Call the customer service number from their web site. They did a great job helping me out.

 

The best costumer service in the industry.

 

Thanks guys. They are going to Cover 50% which kinda sucks but at least they still have them.

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Are you the owner now, or are you checking for your brother? If it's your bow now, then it's a pretty good warranty transfer. Either way, I wish you the best.

 

hmm .. seems weird that they can change their warranty coverage .. -- you probably could make a case that they cover at the levels they had when you bought the bow .. probably through the BBB ..

also if the warranty is a 100% lifetime and the manufacturer no longer makes that product, they usually have the option of replacing it with a product of equal or greater value.

 

Companies generally reserve the right to change their policies, including warranties, at any time. It is a pita, but at least you are getting some coverage vs. none at all.

 

I would make a stink about it. This isn't just a changed policy, it is a written agreement. Companies can't change the warranty that you paid for. They can change the warranty their newer bows come with, but if you purchased a bow with a lifetime warranty then that is what you paid for. Not only that, if they replace the item with a different item, the lifetime warranty would apply to the new item as well since it replaces the item you got the warranty for.

 

You get what you pay for

 

Yuck, yuck, yuck!! :icon_1_lol:

 

I wasnt aware that bear ever covered its limbs 100% for life. But if your brother still has the owners manual i would make a stink. It should state the warranty he paid for and if it said 100% for life id say i want my limbs free.

 

They didn't. On limbs it was 100% for the first 5 years, 50% after that. I also have a 2007 Element I bought new but keep as a backup bow.

 

I had a 2007 Instinct and I don't remember Bear with a lifetime warranty! If you have it in writing that would be good. You at least have an argument.

 

i guess many fail to understand that the BEAR name along with Jennings, Golden Eagle and Buckmaster bows went thru an ownership change. North American Archery Group went under about that time and Escalade Sports bought the rights and assets of Bear Archery.

Escalade made changes to not only available product lines but all the other things that go with them. they trimmed the fat, streamlined the company and products and turned around a company that was in the same situation Martin Archery is now.

 

Yep, just like any company that gets bought out, the new company can decide to honor the past ownership's warranty or not. It's nice they're covering 50% though.

 

May I ask the cost of the new limbs?

 

yeah really. I would shoot my truth 2 against anything out there. bear bows = best buy for the money. I would be happy with the 50%

 

so which is better?

a bow manufacturer with a partial/conditional warranty that never needs warranty work?

or

a bow manufacturer with a full lifetime warranty that needs warranty work a time or two?

 

i've owned Bear/Jennings bows since the early 90's and i don't recall them ever having a full lifetime warranty. unless your brother has it in writing, he is probably mistaken. Bear Archery does cover everything else except the limbs for the lifetime of the bow. they only cover the 100% of the limbs for the first 5 years and after that they will cover 50% of the cost. my Bear Whitetail Legend that i bought back in the early to mid 90's is still in good working order and my bowfishing rig right now. that bow is older than a lot of the bow companies out there right now and i have never had the first problem with it.

 

Haters gonna hate. From all the Archery Shop guys Ive talked to Bear is the best company to deal with, seconded by Hoyt. Bowtech just blows from what I hear.